Devil's Mate (Lovers of the Damned Book 4) by Colette Rivera

The Devil's Mate is the 4th and last book in the Lovers of the Damned series where the Devil himself finally gets his redemption arc and hopefully, his mate!


From the blurb:

Love’s price is redemption.
Happiness isn’t for Lucifer. He chose to be the villain and no matter his initial motivation, he embraced being bad. Now he can’t even make amends. Luc will never have the life he fell to Earth to find.

Luc doesn’t deserve his fated mate, and yet there he is, strolling into a bar.

Dex Colt’s life has been on hold for years. It’s time to move on, sell the home that feels like a tomb, and take back his life. Starting with the gorgeous guy asking to join him for a drink. Usually, Dex would say no to more than a quickie, but there’s something special about Luc, and there’s no harm in agreeing to a date. Right?

As it turns out, harm doesn’t begin to cover it. Dex’s best friend drops the bombshell that magic exists, and reveals that Luc isn’t the sweet man he appears to be. He’s the Devil.

It’s no surprise Lucifer’s mate is the best friend of the man he once tried to kill. A mate who hates him is the universe’s retribution. But Dex inspires a better world. If Luc can mend all that he’s destroyed, he could give Dex a gift even greater than his love. And if Dex will have him, together they might truly have it all.

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Devil’s Mate is the fourth and final book in the Lovers of the Damned series. This fated mate MM paranormal romance ends in a HEA. While the romance stands alone and each book features a different couple, this series is best read in order due to an overarching plot. Content warnings can be found using the look inside feature and on the author’s website.


Jacqueleen the Reading Queen's review:

When it was first announced that Lucifer would be getting his own book I was a bit leery. I mean, he tried to murder Ollie in a horrific way right in front of his mate! He also caused issues in Ash's mating with Harper. Needless to say, the demon brothers have not been a fan of his for quite some time. This is a change, as we find out before all the things went down with Lucifer's realm, the quartet were close friends for hundreds of years. Onyx is even Lucifer's blood related brother. I wondered if there was room for forgiveness in their hearts because I did not think Dex would mate with the devil knowing his closest friends hated him.

Poor Dex. He's been stuck in a sort of rut since he lost his parents. Still living in their home, never letting anyone get too close for fear of losing them as well. It broke my heart because he was such a sweetheart. He even kept Ollie at arms length and he considered him his closest friend. He knew it was time for a change and the first order of business was selling his parents condo and getting his own place.

"𝙳𝚎𝚡 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚒𝚝."

On his way out of town as promised, Lucifer is drawn to the coffee shop where Dex works. I'm sure you can guess that finding his mate was not something Lucifer was expecting after all he'd done in his past, but the chance to speak to his mate is too much to ignore. It was actually kind of cute. Lucifer was different with Dex. He didn't want to start their meeting off with a lie, so he skirted around the truth while still giving insight into who he was as a man. It also helped that he was drop dead gorgeous and Dex had been on a dry spell for some time. Even better when these two find out that their kinks line up to a T. That's fate for yah though. She knows what she's doing.

"𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍. 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎. 𝚂𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘."

Of course in order for Dex and Lucifer to get their HEA, Lucifer has to find a way to get his brothers to forgive him. It's not easy and there are other outside forces that are making things even harder, but I agree with the demons that it appears fate was determined to bring these couples together. After all, every demon in their original group has found a mate connected to one of the others. If that isn't destiny, I don't know what is.


SNik's review:

Fourth in series (Lovers of the Damned), best if read in order. Paranormal. Fated mates. Light BDSM. Hurt/comfort. Found family. Dual POV. 

Lucifer once changed the world in his mission to find his fated mate, but serious mistakes were made and now he remains waiting and trying to reconcile with the friends he betrayed. When Luc stumbles across Dex he knows Dex is his mate, but he realizes he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice and give up his mate and actually not be selfish for once in his eternal life. 

This is the final story for the series and a chance for Luc to maybe make things right. Dex is an interesting match for Luc, someone that can see his desire to change and also meets his secret desires. I enjoyed that the family of demons and their mates rally behind Dex and eventually Luc and that there is an attempt to better things for everyone in the supernatural world to rectify the original schism that Luc caused. Luc was sweet with Dex and they eventually get steamy although I missed that we didn’t get to spend more time with them together on page. Overall, a good ending (and intro to spin-offs), and a really fun series.


The Devil's Mate is currently available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription